detached

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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/
IPA^(key): /dəˈtæt͡ʃt/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ætʃt
Hyphenation: de‧tached

Adjective

detached (comparative more detached, superlative most detached)

Not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to.
Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
- 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎^[1]:
  "That field is their football ground and the detached house is their library and recreation room."
Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.
Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.

Derived terms

Translations

not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to

Spanish: desfijado (es) m, desprendido (es) m, desasido (es) m, separado (es) m, desconectado (es) m

of a house: not joined to another house on either side

Bulgarian: отделен (bg) (otdelen), самостоятелен (bg) (samostojatelen)
Catalan: exempt (ca), a quatre vents
Danish: fritstående
Finnish: erillinen (fi), erillis- (fi)
French: à quatre façades
Norwegian:
Bokmål: frittstående

Nynorsk: frittståande
Spanish: aislada (es) f, unifamiliar
Swedish: fristående (sv)

having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested

Catalan: desinteressat
Hungarian: elfogulatlan (hu), tárgyilagos (hu)
Portuguese: imparcial (pt), desinteressado (pt) m, desapegado m
Spanish: desinteresado (es), imparcial (es), objetivo (es)

not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial

Bulgarian: безпристрастен (bg) (bezpristrasten)
Finnish: ulkopuolinen (fi), puolueeton (fi)

Verb

detached

simple past and past participle of detach

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